We're partnering with Ngage New Mexico to present the inaugural Southern New Mexico KIDS COUNT Conference on Thursday, November 9, 2017, 8am-2pm, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Ave., Las Cruces.
Among the speakers will be Nick Johnson, Senior Vice President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, who will speak about how the national landscape may impact New Mexico.
We'll be posting more details soon.
Register here.

The Healthy Workforce Ordinance that Albuquerque voters will soon decide will give our businesses an edge in attracting the best workers from cities and states that do not have similar provisions to help their workforce – and their communities – stay healthy.
Albuquerque voters should pass it. Read more

Updated! Learn the basics of New Mexico’s tax system—where the state gets its tax revenue to pay for public programs—in this simplified guide. (A Fiscal Policy Project publication; updated Sept. 2017) Read more

New Mexico’s governor is responsible for expanding Medicaid here, and it’s had significant economic and health benefits for the state. So where is Governor Martinez on this issue? We don’t know because she hasn’t spoken up.

We should be very clear: what Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are proposing is not tax reform. Trump has touted it as a recipe for job creation and economic growth but its naked favoritism for the wealthy will do nothing to promote either.